June 2, 2020, Hon Hai (2317) announced yesterday that it will establish an independent mobile robot company with Linghua (6166), with Hon Hai holding 51% of the shares and Linghua holding 49% of the shares. It is expected to start operations in the third quarter of this year. Hon Hai said that the company will integrate technologies such as instant information interconnection, autonomous system scheduling and mobile navigation platforms to strengthen the clustering functions of autonomous robots to meet diverse application fields.
Linghua has been planning robots and smart factories for a long time. In addition to obtaining a stake in AUO Group a few days ago and a director of Linghua, it has now formed an alliance with Hon Hai, showing that the benefits of Linghua's layout related technologies have begun to appear.
The new company will combine Hon Hai’s advanced robot electromechanical integration technology with Linghua’s powerful software technology, and use the standard instant data transmission architecture (DDS) adopted by ROS2, the international robot open source architecture, to strengthen the ability of autonomous robots to interact in groups.
conforms to the "Three Plus Three" group strategy
Hong Hai said that this cooperation with Linghua is the group's implementation of the three major industries of "electric vehicles, digital health, and robots", as well as the three new technology fields of "artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and new generation communication technology", and belongs to one of the "Three Plus Three" company development strategies.
Previously, Hon Hai issued a business report to shareholders. In his report, Liu Yangwei, Chairman of Hon Hai, pointed out that the group must transform and transform into a structure dominated by "brain" intensiveness. The specific approach is to move towards F1.0 current situation optimization, F2.0 digital transformation, and F3.0 transformation and upgrading.
Hoong Hai Group will invest in the three major industries of "electric vehicles, digital health, and robots", and the three new technology fields of "artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and new generation communication technology", taking "three plus three" as the company's important development strategy.
By robots are center of gravity
Founhai Group has always regarded the field of robots as the focus of development. In 2007, Hon Hai Group began to plan to use robots to replace human labor, and thus established a robot subsidiary. In 2019, the former chairman of Hon Hai Group, Guo Taiming proposed at the 2019 Hon Hai Group shareholders' meeting, "Our company plans to remove these workers within 5 years. Our goal is to get rid of 80%. If it cannot be done in 5 years, it will also be done within 10 years, because technology is already here."
Foxconn has been developing to this concept. In 2011, Foxconn announced the "Million Robot" plan; in 2016, Foxconn completed the "Lightless Factory" production line; in 2018, Hon Hai Group and its major companies had a total of more than 80,000 robots, more than 170,000 mold processing equipment, more than 1,600 SMT production lines, and more than 5,000 testing equipment.
Currently, Foxconn produces at least 10,000 robots every year, which have successfully replaced manpower and reduced costs. Taking Kunshan as an example, Foxconn laid off more than 60,000 workers and instead used robots instead, which greatly improved work efficiency.
combines software and hardware to strengthen autonomous robots
With the development and maturity of artificial intelligence technology, more and more manufacturers have begun to use machine learning algorithms to allow robots to have a "deep learning brain", give robots the ability to perceive the environment and autonomous movement, and enable the "AI brain" to continuously empower traditional manufacturing industries.
These abilities can help robots actively avoid obstacles, analyze dynamic environments in real time and make the best decisions. Robots no longer perform simple tasks rigidly according to fixed instructions. They will have the ability to judge events and can complete various complex tasks more flexibly.
Foun Hai cooperates with Linghua, which is a powerful alliance! In recent years, Linghua Technology has successfully integrated artificial intelligence (AI) technology and improved robot controllers for precision control, perception, real-time communication and vision. Linghua has opened its own developed controller platform and has re-established new standards for intelligent manufacturing to build ROS2 into a common platform for mobile robots.
Linghua has also set up a big plan, intending to successfully develop at least 200 innovative intelligent robot products in 2025, and establish Taiwan's global leadership in the field of intelligent robots.
Honghai, not to mention, it has rich experience and profound technical background in the field of industrial robots.
Hong Hai and Linghua hope to use the standard real-time data transmission architecture (DDS) adopted by ROS2, the international robot open source architecture. The new company will combine Hon Hai's advanced robot electromechanical integration experience with Linghua's software technology advantages to optimize the integration of software and hardware, and strengthen the real-time decisions required by autonomous robots when interacting in groups. includes precise actions and dynamic management, so as to achieve smooth and delayed communication between autonomous robots, thereby expanding the application value of autonomous robot clusters in different fields.
Source: OFweek Robot
Author: Chris~
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